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| Born Halstead, Kansas, Elise Penner was an artist and
teacher. She studied at Bethany College, Lindsborg with
Birger Sandzén in 1920-21, and taught art education and fine arts at
Bethel College, North Newton in 1921-22.
Penner returned to Halstead to care for her family and graduated from
Halstead High School in 1927. She returned to Bethany College and
earned a 60 hour degree in art education in 1930. She began
teaching art in Medicine Lodge while continuing her college degree and
earning a BFA in 1933.
She then moved to Portland, OR and began teaching at the Girls
Polytechnic then returned to Kansas in 1935 as art instructor in the
Lindsborg city schools. She earned a Master's Degree in education
from Colorado State College in Greeley and taught summer art classes at
Bethany College from 1947- 50. | Source:
COLLECTIONS:
Sandzén Memorial Art Gallery
SOURCES:
Susan Craig, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)"
Sandzén files | | This and over 1,750 other biographies can be found in Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945) compiled by Susan V. Craig, Art & Architecture Librarian at University of Kansas. |
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